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Taken by surprise and appalled by the unholy creatures, the archangels declared war against the primal monstrosities. Battles lasting over several millennia ravaged the realm and led to the destruction of both its landscape and wildlife, each side spawning more and more soldiers of their own kind in an effort to turn the battle's tide. But there was no winning; the realm was slowly poisoned to death, killing whatever life survived the battles.

By the time Order realized what had happened and intervened, Eden had turned into a graveyard. An ageless, timeless limbo for the lost, filled with fog and the ghosts of the dead. The archangels were called back to Heaven and made to promise destruction like this would never happen again, not when Order had finally reformed Earth to His liking. Dinosaurs had made way to mammals, animals capable of higher intellect, far superior in potential than anything He had previously created.

By the time Order realized what had happened and intervened, Eden had turned into a graveyard. An ageless, timeless limbo for the lost, filled with fog and the ghosts of the dead. The archangels were called back to Heaven and made to promise destruction like this would never happen again, not when Order had finally reformed Earth to His liking. Dinosaurs had made way to mammals, animals capable of higher intellect, far superior in potential than anything Order had previously created.

And thus, the realm in the middle ~~of it all~~ was abandoned for good.

And thus, the realm in the middle was abandoned for good.

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== Earth ==

~~(See [[History_of_Earth#Old_testament]]~~ for a more ~~detailed description for humanity~~'s ~~history~~.)

Primates were evolving rapidly, growing smarter and losing their fur, rising up to walk on two legs and creating tools to ensure their survival. This sparked God's curiosity, as He'd never seen another creature besides Himself show signs of imagination. From now on, primal humans were Order's proudest creation, the true magnum opus He'd been waiting for. Feeling excitement for the first time, God descended onto Earth, spending His time admiring the clever apes and rewarding their remarkable progress with knowledge of fire.

But the first humans were barely anything more than the animals they hunted; functioning based on instinct, focused on surviving and multiplying. Still, Order had spent all His time fostering the hairless apes, destroyed entire universes to fulfill His vision, and He wasn't about to give up. To raise humans above other creatures, He gave them a tiny spark of Himself—a soul to guide them and inspire them to greatness, the gift of language and words, and free will to form Earth to their liking. A Tree of Knowledge was grown to reveal the universe's secrets when the time was right and the human race would be able to handle the responsibility, but for now, the first two blessed humans—Adam and Eve—were to do nothing more than name animals they saw and worship the God that had created them.

Yet once again creation surprised Order as the oldest archangel, Samael, had grown resentful of God's divided attention, and coaxed the woman to rebel and eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Infuriated by the betrayal, God banished the couple from the promised paradise, the small piece of Heaven on Earth, and returned to Heaven to deal with the rebellious angels. Humans were left to fend for themselves, populating the Earth and forming the first civilizations, taking pride in their ability to imagina and create like God had intended.

=== Mankind ===

Order instilled humans with the ability to pick out patterns ~~above all~~, giving them a sense of comfort when they could predict the outcome of their actions and rely on their surroundings. ~~Thus, humans~~ learned to be afraid of disorder and paradoxes; things they didn't know. To make them dependant of His light, ~~they were given~~ imagination to fill the darkness with unknown horrors and ~~language~~ to ~~further share their stories~~.

By now, the delicate balance across all creation had been irreversibly shaken, and vices took over humanity. As more and more souls ended up in Hell instead of their intended destination, angels were commanded on Earth to keep the demonic forces at bay. However, without the permission to start another war and ruin the planet, all skirmishes were futile, and the deadly sins' power over the human population grew steadily stronger. Even worse, humans had started to rebel on their own, ignoring all of God's wishes and choosing vices instead.

Whatever Order had envisioned, this was far from it.

Insulted like never before, God took out His anger on the last creation defying him: He instilled humans with the ability to pick out patterns, giving them a sense of comfort when they could predict the outcome of their actions and rely on their surroundings. Humans learned to be afraid of disorder and paradoxes, things they didn't know. To make them dependant of His light, their imagination was twisted to fill the darkness with unknown horrors so that they might be scared back into submission. Everything that had been used against God was corrupted and turned against the offenders, but humans had spread too far and wide to be so easily manipulated.

Finally, as the universe turned its back on God, God returned the favor and left. To start anew once more, or to try again with another planet, nobody knew—and thus came the dark age of total silence.

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